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In 1997, Pete Bock and Jerry Pettit launched the Coastal Plain League with six teams in Eastern North Carolina. The summer league ranks as one of the country's best for college players, professional baseball scouts, and fans. In 2005, the league totals fourteen teams that play a fifty-six game schedule. The league revived a number of the state's historic ballparks formerly used by minor league teams. Although the players are amateurs, the teams operate just like minor league baseball teams, selling billboard advertising, food and drinks, and offering the usual promotions fans are accustomed to at minor league parks.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 73 Issue 2, July 2005, p104,106, 108, il Periodical Website
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Gigley discusses the development of Charlotte-based Pangleheimers Beverages and its signature soda, Gourmet Blush. The drink, which was developed about fifteen years ago by David Pangle, tastes like a mild fruit punch but has a kick at the end. Pangle and wife Maxine discuss the ups and downs of breaking a new soft drink into a market dominated by Pepsi and Coca Cola.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 75 Issue 4, Sept 2007, p38-40, il, por Periodical Website
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Burgaw, county seat of Pender County and home to the North Carolina Blueberry Festival, is OUR STATE magazine's featured Tar Heel town of the month.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 76 Issue 11, Apr 2009, p22-24, 26, il, map Periodical Website
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Elizabeth City, the county seat of Pasquotank County, has the largest collection of Antebellum homes and buildings in North Carolina. Our State magazine features the city in its Tar Heel Town of the Month section.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 77 Issue 9, Feb 2010, p26-28, 30-32, il Periodical Website
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Jerry McGee is president of Wingate College. He is also a top field official during the Atlantic Coast Conference's football season. McGee began officiating in 1973 and has worked over four hundred games. Among them are two national championship games--the 1990 Orange Bowl and the 1997 Rose Bowl--and eighteen bowl games overall.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 76 Issue 7, Dec 2008, p36-39, il, por Periodical Website
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Baseball coach Joe Ferebee won more games than any other coach in North Carolina history--694 coaching American Legion teams and 677 as head coach at Pfeiffer College. He also has a vast knowledge of baseball history. What his players remember him for is his guidance and wisdom.
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Beth Jones opened Big Ed's Chicken Pit in High Point in 2000. Gigley discusses the owner, how the restaurant got its name, and what is served there.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 72 Issue 8, Jan 2005, p124-125, por Periodical Website
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On the Dan River in the 1800s, the bateau was the choice of residents for shipping and receiving goods. The bateau, a double-ended, flat-bottomed vessel with a wide hull, can measure up to 60 feet with a capacity for carrying 10,000 pounds of cargo. Propulsion is man-powered by a crew of three. One sits in the back and works the tiller, while the other two plunge long poles down to the river bottom, push their weight against them, and walk from one end of the bateau to the other. The first bateau appeared on the Dan in 1792. Three Rivers Outfitters of Eden has revived this relic of the 19th-century. The company's 40-foot replica takes passengers on a one-mile voyage from Eden Wildlife Access to Leaksville Landing. Gigley recounts his experiences on the voyage.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 74 Issue 3, Aug 2006, p174-176, 178, il Periodical Website
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Claxton Johnson opened Johnson's Drive-In in 1946 in Siler City and for the next sixty-four years the specialty of the house has been his cheeseburgers, which have developed a devoted following. Two other items, hot dogs and toasted cheese sandwiches, make up the rest of the menu.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 78 Issue 1, June 2010, p156-158, 160, il Periodical Website
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Sneads Ferry, located just south of Jacksonville in Onslow County, is OUR STATE magazine's featured Tar Heel town of the month.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 77 Issue 5, Oct 2009, p28-30, 32-35, il Periodical Website
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Jean Martin and her partner Steve Flaugher transformed the old Piggly Wiggly grocery at Raleigh's Five Points neighborhood into a restaurant. Called NOFO at the Pig, the restaurant opened in 2001. The upper level features a gift shop that offers a selection of gifts, gourmet goods, home items, and a deli that sells many items from the restaurant's menu. The restaurant is located on the lower level and has been a neighborhood favorite since the day it opened.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 73 Issue 12, May 2006, p234-236, il Periodical Website
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Maple Creek Farm, located near Burnsville, is the state's only commercial maple syrup operation and the southernmost one in the country.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 77 Issue 9, Feb 2010, p140-142, 144, 146, il Periodical Website
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“Banana pudding is the most widely served dessert in North Carolina's barbecue's restaurants,” writes Bob Garner, North Carolina's barbecue guru. But as to how this dessert made with tropical fruit became such a favorite in the Old North State is anybody's guess. Garner says, “Probably because it's relatively quick and easy to make, and because the creamy taste and soft texture provide a pleasant contrast to the tangy bite of the barbecue and/or coleslaw.” Gigley lists five restaurants and describes their particular styles of banana pudding. They are Jed's Bar-B-Cue, Greensboro; Gary's Barbecue, China Grove; The Gathering Place, Archdale; Taste of Country Buffet, Wilmington; and Tupelo Honey Café, Asheville.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 72 Issue 3, Aug 2004, p118-121, il Periodical Website
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Wilson, county seat of Wilson County, is OUR STATE magazine's Tar Heel Town of the Month. The town incorporated in 1849. For years its economy depended on tobacco, but that product has now declined. Gigley discusses the town's emergence as an entertainment-and-arts hub.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 75 Issue 5, Oct 2007, p20-22, 24-25, il, map Periodical Website
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Gigley describes a baseball weekend in Wilson, including where to stay and where to eat. Besides games in Wilson, fans can enjoy games at Kinston's Grainger Field, only an hour away, and at Zebulon's Five Country Stadium, only twenty-five minutes away.
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